Unhurried Vision is a book of friendship, of sitting with, of loss, of
contemplation, of beauty. It is not about those things: it is. It
chronicles a year Michael Rothenberg spent sitting as Philip Whalen
leaves us. The attention and care, the placement, and the humor equal
Whalen's:

My secret agenda is

I want the reader to stumble on things

They don't know and want to find out more about. The "I" here is ? But
it doesn't matter in the final sitting.

If, like me, you are prone to visit daybooks and journals rather than
making your own systematically, this book will give you whereof to consider
and consider considerations (Rothenberg offers some considerations of Whalen
's considerations). At the same time the book doesn't sink under the weight
of these layers. It is a beautifully and simply and carefully crafted piece
that conveys Whalen's essence and his quirks: